BCS Crystal Nothing New?

The AFCA National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded by the America Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the winner of college football's BCS National Championship Game, which determines the national champion for purposes of the Coaches Poll. The trophy has been awarded since 1986, however it has only been tied to the winner of the BCS National Championship Game since 1998.

Didn't realize that and it also means we aren't the only ones with two- in fact, Florida State has three and Miami has five. We're the only ones with two during the BCS era but not the only ones with two.

Didn't realize that and it also means we aren't the only ones with two- in fact, Florida State has three and Miami has five. We're the only ones with two during the BCS era but not the only ones with two.

I'm sorry, but what? Only ones to have won it on the field? A lot of those games featured #1 vs #2.

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Not a lot, actually, bowl tie-ins often prevented such a matchup before the BCS. They just weren't championship games, the results of other bowl games was still figured into it. And the final poll determined the #1 team, not winning a bowl game.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AFCA AND THE AFCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES' TROPHY

One of the most visible of the American Football Coaches Association's programs is the annual awarding of the AFCA National Championship Trophy, affectionately known by all sports fans as "The Coaches' Trophy," now the symbol of college football supremacy. Appropriately, The Coaches' Trophy was the inspiration of former University of Miami Assistant Football Coach William A. "Billy" Proulx in the early 1980s. Charles McClendon, then AFCA Executive Director, embraced the idea in 1985 and he helped develop the program.

From what I've read elsewhere, Cholly Mac was very involved with the process of developing the trophy. He had to veto the first trophy, at considerable expense, because it looked too much like a rugby ball. When the necessary changes were made and the finished product was delivered, Coach Mac reportedly said that he hoped that a coach at LSU would one day claim the trophy for his beloved Tigers!

lsutiga is correct that Miami has 5 NC's but the first was in 1983 before the trophy, but since 1986 when the trophy was introduced they have 4 NC's but in 1991 they went undefeated shutting out Nebraska in the Orange bowl winning the AP NC but not the coaches who had Washington as their #1. So yes Miami has three AFCA throphies.

I know schools claim NC's when the decisions were split before the BCS, but does USC claim '03?

lsutiga is correct that Miami has 5 NC's but the first was in 1983 before the trophy, but since 1986 when the trophy was introduced they have 4 NC's but in 1991 they went undefeated shutting out Nebraska in the Orange bowl winning the AP NC but not the coaches who had Washington as their #1. So yes Miami has three AFCA throphies.

I know schools claim NC's when the decisions were split before the BCS, but does USC claim '03?

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Yeah but I made a mistake in my post cause I actually was meaning to refer to the 1986 on but thanks anyway- ma bad. :thumb: